Hong Kong should serve as a hub for the commercialisation of artificial intelligence and as a strategic base for mainland Chinese AI companies’ overseas expansion, the city’s finance chief has said, while highlighting the risks and challenges associated with its development.Financial Secretary Paul Chan Mo-po’s comments followed a speech on Friday by Chinese President Xi Jinping in which he called for artificial intelligence (AI) to be made a key driving force for all countries to promote shared prosperity and safeguard common security.“In Hong Kong, we are committed to developing the city into a hub for AI research and development [R&D],…